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Rare Book School's new exhibition Famous and Forgotten: The Game of Authors will look at the…
A fundraising campaign launched by the University of York to secure the archive of scriptwriting…
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In the month so closely linked to America’s first professional author, Washington Irving, The Raab Collection has announced that it is selling two rare autograph manuscripts from Irving’s defining biography of George Washington, published in five volumes between 1855 and 1859. Long held in a…
Leading RR Auction's 900-lot October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is a complete set of autographs from all 40 signers of the American Constitution, including prominent founding fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton.
The set was bought by a lifelong Beatles fan from Staffordshire, who said the purchase fulfilled a "lifetime’s ambition".
The Folio Society has 10 titles shortlisted across five different categories for the British Book Design and Production Awards alongside a number of other publishers including Bloomsbury Publishing and Hachette Children’s Group.
At the age of 19, young Romanian Melanie Serbu struck up a 20-year correspondence with Albert Einstein. The 20 original letters from Einstein to Serbu, together with more than 80 manuscript pages of Serbu’s later reflections on each letter, go under the hammer at Swann Galleries on October 26, one…
Two used tickets for Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. stamped April 14, 1865 - the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination - have been sold for $262,500 by RR Auction.The tickets are two of only three used ones for that evening's performance known to RR Auction to be in existence. The other is…
The fall Early Printed Books auction at Swann Galleries on October 12 will feature lots from three important collectors, including more from Ken Rapoport, as well as works on the history of psychiatry collected by Dr. Michael H. Stone, and literary high spots amassed by the Culpepper, Virginia,…
The Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is now accepting applications for its 2023 scholarship and fellowship cycle.Applications are open for all RBS-awarded scholarships (for both first-time and returning RBS students) with an application deadline of November 1, 2023. Two main…
The National Library of Scotland’s Shakespeare First Folio is now on display alongside a new selection of items as part of its revolving ‘Treasures of the National Library of Scotland’ exhibition.
Christie’s is presenting its Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, online October 5-19, featuring significant books and manuscripts.
